Illinois Genealogy

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Comment by Susan Burgess Hoffman on April 10, 2011 at 4:59pm

I am researching, McMeekin, Frew, Blaisdell and Schofield. Rock Island, Mercer, Henry county areas.

 

 

Comment by Cindy Szepe on April 5, 2011 at 2:57pm

I am researching BRIDGES, VANCE, CRAWFORD, ORR and LAIR from Macoupin County.

Comment by Ellen Rowan Taylor on March 26, 2011 at 11:44am

For anyone researching Tazewell County, I recommend the genweb site: http://tazewell.genwebsite.org/

This is one of the best genweb sites I have ever seen.  I had not been there for a while, because I am running out of things to research in Tazewell County after 30 years.  The web master has done an excellent job, and there is a lot of valuable information posted there. Good searching!

Comment by Teresa Rogers on March 26, 2011 at 4:03am

I was born in Illinois but raised in ca. My Maiden name is Zimmer of Granite City Illinois. I recently discovered that I also have another surname in Illinois...Trout or Traut.

Comment by Cody Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 9:13pm

Hi,

 

I am researching my great great grandfather.  Joseph Vincent and his wife Sarah "Sally".  He was born in Macomb, McDonough and it looks like Sarah was also born in Illinois... just not sure where yet.  And they lived in Peoria for quite some time.  I've been reading the comments and it looks like there is some great sites that I haven't checked out yet.  Thank you for the hints :-)

Comment by Cheryl Rothwell on February 12, 2011 at 5:46pm

Earliest Records in Illinois Courthouses 

Please note that birth and death records were not absolutely mandatory until 1916 so having an earlier record doesn't mean a complete record. I have found [not in a scientific study] that the summer records are more likely to exist.

Comment by Harold Henderson on February 12, 2011 at 5:40pm

Cheryl's point is well taken. If Pope County cemetery and newspaper records have also failed to provide a death certificate substitute, you might want to check adjacent counties' birth and death records. If the obvious records don't appear there either, then you may need to research indirectly -- for instance, by studying your grandmother's siblings and potential siblings or cousins with her maiden name in the area. Plenty of families have been proven without the benefit of a piece of paper that identifies them in so many words. -- Harold

Comment by Linda Ruth Billington Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 5:16pm

I checked Pope County and the Regional Archives.

Comment by Linda Ruth Billington Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 5:15pm

I checked the county and the Regional Archives.

Comment by Cheryl Rothwell on February 12, 2011 at 3:55pm

There may not be a birth certificate. The earliest birth certificates in Pope are 1877 but all counties can be spotty before 1916. Ditto on the death certificates.

Pope has an 1890 census? I assume you mean 1900.

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